Precipitation increases the abundance of some groups of Root-Associated Fungal Endophytes in a semiarid grassland

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Herrera, José ^a   Oudel, Ravin P ^a   Nebel, Katherine A ^a   Collins, Scott L ^b  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark Septate Endophytes; Endophytic fungi; Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge; Sporobolus cryptandrus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862825001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00001.1     Document Type: Article

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